What is Max Pre-Rendered Frames?

Hummus · **What is Max Pre-Rendered Frames? -** 03-04-2013, 16:57 | posts: 4

Before you tell me the obvious read this: Setting the value "Max Pre-rendered Frames" in the Nvidia Control Panel to "1" solves almost all of my frame stuttering issues. By frame stuttering I don't mean low framerate, I mean when games continually freeze for split seconds, when it feels as if skipping a frame every second. It fixed stuttering in games like Dota 2(where it would stutter whenever scrolling the map), dishonored(fixed stuttering when looking around with the mouse), and a few dozen other games. Actually it had effect on almost all the games I owned. It also fixes some other problems, like the VATS delay in Fallout 3.
Why does setting this value to 1 fix frame stuttering? And why the heck isn't it set to 1 by default?

Hummus · 03-08-2013, 23:08 | posts: 4

Bumper cars.

PhazeDelta1 · 03-08-2013, 23:15 | posts: 9,311 | Location: 90° N

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Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames:

If available, this option - previously known as 'Max Frames to Render Ahead' - controls the number of frames the CPU prepares in advanced of being rendered by the GPU. The default value is 3 - higher values tend to result in smoother but more laggy gameplay, while lower values can help reduce mouse and keyboard lag. However extremely low values such as 0 may hurt performance, so I recommend this option be kept at its default of 3 globally, and only adjusted downwards in specific game profiles. Remember, in most cases mouse lag is due to low framerates, so adjusting this option is not an automatic cure to lag issues, nor should it be the first thing you try. Finally, it only works in DirectX games, not OpenGL games.

http://www.tweakguides.com/NVFORCE_6.html

Hummus · 03-08-2013, 23:36 | posts: 4

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Originally Posted by PhazeDelta1

http://www.tweakguides.com/NVFORCE_6.html

Thanks for the answer to the question that you have not even read.

PhazeDelta1 · 03-08-2013, 23:39 | posts: 9,311 | Location: 90° N

The answer to your question is in what I quoted

---TK--- · 03-08-2013, 23:41 | posts: 14,671 | Location: New Jersey, USA

I see this thread ending badly

Hummus · 03-08-2013, 23:44 | posts: 4

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Originally Posted by PhazeDelta1

The answer to your question is in what I quoted

Do you see that tiny little paragraph right below the title? You know, those few sentences right below "What is Max Pre-Rendered Frames?"? It's actually there to be read, though it's optional, maybe you only want to read half of it that's fine.

PhazeDelta1 · 03-08-2013, 23:49 | posts: 9,311 | Location: 90° N

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Originally Posted by Hummus

Do you see that tiny little paragraph right below the title? You know, those few sentences right below "What is Max Pre-Rendered Frames?"? It's actually there to be read, though it's optional, maybe you only want to read half of it that's fine.

FML. I honestly didn't see where you wrote anything. I swear im usually not this blind.